With the departure of guitarist Peter Koppes, the ethereal sonic
scriptures set forth on the Church's ninth Arista album, Sometime
Anywhere, are solely the sermons of guitarist Marty Willson-Piper and
bassist Steve Kilbey. "We went into the studio without a band and
recorded direct to tape," Marty says cheerfully, "which pleasantly
confirmed my belief that we could do great things as a duo."

The atmospheric Anywhere continues the Church's tradition of mining
lush deposits of open- chord jangle, though the pair branched out with
the techno- lite touches on "Angelica" and the funky trills of
"Authority." The blending of materials resulted in some fresh sounds:
Willson-Piper enjoyed mixing the timbres of his '70s Strat with the
chiming textures of his beloved 6- and 12- string Rickenbackers. For
the Neil Young- influenced "The Maven," he played healthy rhythms on a
'91 Les Paul Custom, taking the lead on a '68 Fender Jazzmaster.

Willson-Piper, a Liverpool, England, native who migrated to Australia
in the late '70s before joining the Church, plays through Vox AC30
amplifiers, stopping first at an Ibanez UE-405 multi- effects pedal for
analog delay and stereo chorus. "I've discovered a new effect recently
- my foot," he grins. "I'm getting some amazingly expressive sounds
with a Boss FV-100 volume pedal."

Distinguished by his ability to generate painterly, psychedelic
soundscapes from simple gear, Willson-Piper nevertheless places his
faith in the artist, not the tools. "The old cliche goes that a poor
workman blames his tools, but I'm at the point where the tools don't
really matter much," the Churchman relates. "It's the ideas that take
priority. As long as I can get the ideas across, I could get a good
tune out of a chair and a desk.